I have admitted defeat with the last two/three words on this line. It is only the fifth line of the will, and I believe the first few words say:
"... defender of the faith and in ??? ???? ? ?????..."
I can't even decide whether there are two, three or four words, and if I read each letter in turn, I come up with:
c?th yonedy a tely
which I can't make sense of whichever way I look at it, although each time I do, some of the letters change!
For context, I reckon that the first few lines of the will say:
"In the name of god and of the glorious and blessed / Virgin our Lady Sainte Mary and of all the holy / company of Heaven We Henry by the grace / of god King of England Frannce and Ireland / defender of the faith and in ???? ?????? ? ???? / under God the Supreme Hed of the church of / England and Ireland of that name the eight / calling to our remembrance the great gifts ..."
Hoping that someone can put me out of my misery!
By the way, I haven't finished the will yet! Have done 19 pages, but keep tiring of it and having a break before going back to it.
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15-06-2009, 9:01 PM #1Jan65Guest
Help with handwriting
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15-06-2009, 9:10 PM #2pottokaGuest
Defender of the faith and in earth?
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15-06-2009, 9:19 PM #3sueannbowenGuest
Hi Janice - what period is this? I have a very handy book that gives examples of old handwriting which might help.
sue
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15-06-2009, 9:25 PM #4sueannbowenGuest
If we are taking the word faith as OK then the th matches Pottokas 'earth' suggestion. Bit difficult to compare with just that line to go on.
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15-06-2009, 9:38 PM #5Jan65Guest
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15-06-2009, 9:28 PM #6Jan65Guest
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15-06-2009, 9:38 PM #7terrysfamilyGuest
WILL OF HENRY VIII (1546)[1]
Henry R. In the name of God and of the glorious and blessed Virgin, our Lady
Saint Mary, and of all the holy company of heaven, we, Henry, by the grace
of God king of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and in
earth immediately under God the supreme head of the Church of England and
Ireland, of that name the eighth, calling to our remembrance the great gifts
and benefits of Almighty God given to us in this transitory life, give unto
Him our most lowly and humble thanks, acknowledging ourself insufficient in
any part to deserve or recompense the same, but fear that we have not
worthily received the same....
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15-06-2009, 9:43 PM #8Jan65Guest
Thank you terrysfamily, that's more or less what I had transcribed. I'm trying to avoid looking at the official version until I've finished it myself and can then see if I've got it right! All part of the fun!
At least, if this is the official transcript, it's solved the "earth" problem, so thank you!
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15-06-2009, 9:41 PM #9sueannbowenGuest
Cool! It is called 'Examples of English Handwriting 1150 - 1750 by Hilda E.P. Grieve. ISBN number is 0 900360 313 it is an Essex Record Office Publication. Bascially she gives examples of old handwriting and then a transcription, all taken from Essex documents. It demonstrates the style which can be jolly handy! Probably got it from the Essex Records Office.
Sue
ps I agree with Pottoka's 'immediately'.
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15-06-2009, 9:42 PM #10terrysfamilyGuest
for more info on his will see
https://www.constitution.org/sech/sech_076.txt
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